surrealist
nounUK /səˈrɪə.lɪst/
US /səˈriː.ə.lɪst/
A surrealist is an artist who makes strange, dreamy pictures that look like dreams.
The museum showed paintings by a famous surrealist.
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2. A person who lives or thinks in a strange, dreamlike way.
He is a bit of a surrealist, always telling weird stories.
3. Relating to surrealism, an art style full of dream images.
She painted a surrealist scene with floating clocks.
4. A writer who uses strange, dreamlike ideas.
The surrealist wrote a story about a talking moon.